As a senior writer for eWEEK Labs, Anne writes articles pertaining to IT professionals and the best practices for technology implementation. Anne covers the deployment issues and the business drivers related to technologies including databases, wireless, security and network operating systems. Anne joined eWeek in 1999 as a writer for eWeek's eBiz Strategies section before moving over to Labs in 2001. Prior to eWeek, she covered business and technology at the San Jose Mercury News and at the Contra Costa Times.
With Apple MacBook-like looks, a fantastic widescreen display and the kind of portability usually found in Lenovo ThinkPads, Toshibas Portégé R400 is the most groundbreaking Tablet PC eWEEK Labs has tested. Unfortunately, users will pay for the innovation—in terms of both price and performance. Announced at the International CES and set to begin shipping Jan. […]
Palms new Treo 750 is a smart phone of many firsts—its the first GSM Windows-based Treo available in the United States and the first Treo to use Cingulars UMTS/HSDPA-enabled BroadBand Connect 3G service. Its also the most widely usable Pocket PC-based device on the market. Announced on Jan. 7, the Treo 750 runs Microsofts Windows […]
The latest addition to Lenovos T-series family introduces a wide-screen format to the venerable business notebook line. The ThinkPad T60 Widescreen, which was released in late November, measures 14 by 10 by 1.1 inches and can be configured with either a 15.4-inch WXGA (Wide XGA) TFT (thin-film transistor) display with 1,280-by-800 native resolution or a […]
In the world of mobility, hardware vendors in 2006 took advantage of multicore processors to introduce improvements in performance and battery life to laptops. Intels next Centrino mobile platform, Centrino Pro, is expected sometime in the first half of 2007. Code-named Santa Rosa, Centrino Pro will be a combination of the 64-bit Merom Core 2 […]
Palm announced Nov. 22 that its new Treo 680 smart phone will be available on the Cingular Wireless network. While Palm has targeted business-focused users in the past, the Treo 680—a quad-band world phone—is the first Treo aimed at consumers. During tests, eWeek Labs found the Treo 680 to be a good first smart phone […]
In the world of mobility, hardware vendors in 2006 took advantage of multicore processors to introduce improvements in performance and battery life to laptops. Intels next Centrino mobile platform, Centrino Pro, is expected sometime in the first half of 2007. Code-named Santa Rosa, Centrino Pro will be a combination of the 64-bit Merom Core 2 […]
For IT managers, deploying Office 2007 will mean introducing change to users, many of whom will not be immediately open to adopting the new ribbon interface or figuring out the new XML file formats. To make the upgrade path easier, Microsoft has made available a number of training tools and videos for IT managers and […]
For IT managers, deploying Office 2007 will mean introducing change to users, many of whom will not be immediately open to adopting the new ribbon interface or figuring out the new XML file formats. /zimages/6/28571.gifClick here to read eWEEK Labs review of Office 2007. To make the upgrade path easier, Microsoft has made available a […]
IT managers have been asking me about Lenovos next tablet PC for months. Now that the ThinkPad X60 Tablet has finally launched, I can report that my initial tests find the convertible notebook to be a worthy addition to the ThinkPad franchise. /zimages/4/155267.jpg Armed with Intels low-voltage Core Duo and Core Solo processors, the X60 […]
Despite its wiki roots, JotSpot 2.0s success lies in the fact that it doesnt look like a wiki at all. This allows users to add and work with structured pages—in the form of spreadsheets, project management applications and calendars—while collaborating and sharing information. Click here to read the full review of JotSpot 2.0. 2 Despite […]